Health, brain development, and monkeys

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monkeys think 150x150 Health, brain development, and monkeysSource: Discovermagazine.com by Peter Radetsky

Life should be a breeze in the tropical forest. The weather is warm, and there’s plenty of food for the asking. In theory, you need only reach out and luscious fruits and other tidbits will fall into your hands. Sadly, it’s not so, says Katharine Milton–particularly if you’re a monkey. Milton, a physical anthropologist at the University of California at Berkeley, has spent the last 20 years studying howler and spider monkeys in the forests of Panama. Life, she’s concluded, is tough in the forest– animals need to devise all sorts of ingenious tactics just to get enough food to survive. Finding food is so tough, Milton thinks, that successful strategies have driven the evolution of the species. It is the solutions to the problems of diet that have made primates primates, she says. Read more »

Dangers of caffeine

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coffeebeanswhitemug Dangers of caffeineSource: Natural News

[Caffeine effects female hormones] Most a.m. coffee drinkers don’t realize it, but their morning cups of coffee set their bodies up for a rollercoaster day of highs and lows, only to bottom out at the point of exhaustion. Just a few hours after consumption, when the artificial high dies down, many people may reach for more coffee or something sugary to get another lift, leading to daily fluctuations in energy and alertness, and possibly to eventual chronic adrenal exhaustion. Read more »

Health or harm: coffee and caffeine

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caffeine 150x150 Health or harm: coffee and caffeineSource: The Cravings Coach

Did you know there were harmful effects of Caffeine? Learn more below on how to stop this craving now before it becomes too harmful.

Definition: Caf-feine (noun)

1. a white, crystalline, bitter alkaloid, C8H10N4O2, usually derived from coffee or tea: used in medicine chiefly as a nervous system stimulant. Read more »

Remedy: Coconut Oil for Burns

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coconut pic 150x150 Remedy: Coconut Oil for Burns(101Healthsteps.com) Editor’s comment: Before getting into the heart of this article; it must be added that a low-fat, raw vegan diet will give the body what it needs in order to correct the symptoms the body is signaling to you. The secret is to clean from the inside out. Once in a while people burn themselves and the remedy below has proven to be a nice, close-to-nature solution.

(Coconut-oil-central.com) Coconut oil for burns? Its exceptional molecular makeup allows coconut oil to hasten the healing or repair process of your burn injuries.

Virgin coconut oil (VCO) owes much of its special curative powers to a relatively rare type of fat molecules called medium chain fatty acids (MCFA).

Cellular activity is managed by the metabolism. A high metabolic rate translates to accelerated cellular activity including healing of injuries such as burns, cuts, wounds, etc. Read more »

Lavender Oil and Burns

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(101HealthSteps.com) Editor’s comment: Before getting into the heart of this article; it must be added that a low-fat, raw, vegan diet will give the body what it needs in order to correct the cause of the symptoms the body is signaling to you. The secret is to clean from the inside out.

Lavender oil and burns have a long history. A French chemist Rene Maurice Gattefosse in the early 1900 was working in his lab and burned his hand severely. He then stuck his hand in a nearby container of lavender oil. He discovered his hand not only stopped hurting, it healed faster and didn’t scar.

There are 3 types of burns.

First degree burns affect the outer part of your skin and your skin is red and hurts (for example a sunburn). Read more »

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